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The history of coffee

The drink’s origins
History

Botany

The plant’s characteristics
Varieties
The chemistry of coffee

Guide

Coffee
Storing coffee
Cream and aroma
Espresso machines
Grinder-dosers
Making a coffee

From the seed to the cup

Making a coffee
Coffee’s journey
Harvesting
Pulp removal
Quality
The stages

The drink’s origins
Numerous studies into the origins of coffee have led to the conclusion that the coffee plant and, as a result, the beverage coffee were unknown among ancient pre-Christian and pre-Islamic civilisations. Nonetheless, there are number of references in history and literature that do seem to support...
History
The history and etymology of the word ‘coffee’ have origins dating back over a millennium. In Classical Arabic, the word ‘qahwah’ was used to describe a beverage made from the juice of seeds and consumed as a dark red wine, with such a powerful stimulant effect that...
The plant’s characteristics
This small tree or bush – whether spontaneous or cultivated – is an evergreen classified within the Coffea genus in the Rubiaceae family. It produces fruit and grows in tropical regions. There are more than sixty species of coffee plant, almost all of which originating in Africa –...
Varieties
The different species of Coffea differ in height, in the size and shape of the leaves and – most importantly – in the size, colour and aroma of the beans the plant produces. Of the approximately 60 species of coffee plant, only two are considered commercially valuable: - Coffea...
The chemistry of coffee
There are hundreds of different components in the coffee bean, some of which have yet to be identified. The chemical composition of the two most commercially important species - Arabica and Robusta – differ both qualitatively and quantitatively. Arabica contains more lipids than...

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